Breakdown of Klagenemnda arbeider med klagebehandlingen.
med
with
arbeide
to work
klagenemnda
the appeal board
klagebehandlingen
the processing of the appeal
Questions & Answers about Klagenemnda arbeider med klagebehandlingen.
Why is klagenemnda one word?
Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word.
So:
- klage = complaint / appeal
- nemnd = board / committee / tribunal
Together, klagenemnd means something like complaints board or appeals committee.
Then -a makes it definite, so klagenemnda means the complaints board / the appeals committee.
This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English might use several words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.
Why does klagenemnda end in -a?
The -a is the definite ending for a feminine singular noun in Bokmål.
The base noun is nemnd. It is feminine, so the definite singular can be:
- nemnda = the board/committee
Because klagenemnda ends with nemnd, the whole compound takes that same definite ending:
- ei klagenemnd = a complaints board
- klagenemnda = the complaints board
In Bokmål, many feminine nouns can also take the common-gender ending -en in some styles, but -a is very common and natural.
Why is klagebehandlingen also one word?